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Partisan Fly Catchers.

Fly-catchers have a busy time of it in
Paris during the summer season. The
calling is not a recognized or classified
one, nor do parents as rule bring their
sons up to it. But there are hundreds Of
experienced hands employed at it during
the dog days. and good haul of flies is
often profitable enough. The London
telegraph says:
The fly catcher is generally good-for-
nothing rascal from the suburban lanes
and alleys, who does not want to leave
Paris, and is too lazy to go into the
country for the hay making or the har-
vcsting. Sometimes he is person who
unitcs in himself a variety of callings,
being by turns corner errand-runner, Il
boo,black, a dog-shaver and clipper, or
even floor-waxer out of employment.
His method is as follows: He takes
tolerably largc-sizcd box with little hole
in its top. and stations himself outside q
groccrs shop where the winged insects
are busily buzzing against the window
pancs on the lookout for stray drops OF
molasscs or chance grains of brown sugar.
These the catcher dexterously imprisons
in his palm, in the schoolboy fashion, aud,
dislocating some of their antenna, puts
them into his box. Some times he is al
lowed to pursue his calling inside tie
shop when customers are not numerous,
and is thus enabled to fill his box with
celebrity. :. =,
After a few hours of this exciting kind
of work he goes off with his spoil and dis
poses of it to the people who sell or keep
birds. His best and most open-handed
customers are the frail denizcns of the
Quarter Brcda or the Quasticr de PEu-
rope, all of whom keep the feathered pets.
They often pay so good price to the tiy'
catcher for his spoil that he is enabled to
60 home after successful day with ample
means in his ispocket to defray the cost OF
bed and board for half q week in one OF
his dingy haunts.
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A Miners "reminiscences.

In the earlier days of Colorado mining
camps there were some very stirring
scenes and adventures, and the tcndcrfcct
were broken in without much ceremony
sometimes. I remember visiting GER
tain camp when it was quite new, and
saving a mans life the very first night.
He was in the bed next to mine in the
tent, and about midnight an order came
for him to get up, as he was wanted. He
was asked to lose no time, as he was to
be summarily tried for having shot q
man. jumped up and declared the man
was innocent, but l was shown the muz-
zlc of 42-calibre and told to lie down.
However, as there was no help for it, I
said would accompany the accused,
who was nearly frightened out Of his wits.
We went down to one who was styled
"the Justice" and the complaint was
lodged that the prisoner had shot man.
As he could say nothing in his own be-
half, I spoke for him, and stated that at
the time the shooting was said to have
occurred the accused was soundly sleep.
ing. Just then stranger appeared and
announced that he did the shooting,
and proved that it was in self-defence,
and the matter was all settled. Next day
we were all treated to little "fun." A tin
can was tied to an unwelcome visitors
coat tail, and he was told to "git." He
lost no time in striking 2:40 gait, dnd
as he few down the road, the can dang
ling behind him, was q mark for all the
rest of the boys to "takc crack at. !"
More than ore of them hit the can, too,
and 1 am not sure but that l made it
culver myself. We thought it was very
funny, and so did the poor victim-per-
hans. Globe Democrat.
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Choose Good Friends.

Few things, says the Presbyterian, have
more far-reaching influence on life than the
companions and friends of ones early days:
There should be always the most careful
Judging of character before one is admitted
into the inner circle of friendship. Cowper's
words may seem to set up too high standard
when he writes:
81 would not enter OH my list Of friends,
Though graced with manners and fine sense
yet wanting scnsibility), the man
Who needlessly sets his foot upon worm"
But little things are tell-tales of character,
and heartlessness, shown even to u worm,
tells of heartlesSness which may crop out some
time when worm is not the object. There
is one test in all friendships which it seems
safe to apply in every case: Never choose
for your friends those who mock at sacred
things You will not want such near you in
the hour of sorrow, or when you have to
stand in the great mysteries of life, or when
you are shut up in a sick-room, or when you
lie on your bed of death. You will not want
O Jester or a scoffer at your side in such hours,
but rather those who are grave and thought
full, with reverent faith and humble trust in
God. Choose for your friends in youth and
all along your life those whom you will want
about you in life's great hours of trial, and
as you are about to pass into eternity.
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FACTS FOR TIE CURIOUS.

A copy Of the finest edition OF
Walton's "Complete Angler" 1868, was
sold lately at London auction room for
$975. ...
The war of the Revolution, between
England and the American colonies, cost
the former one hundred millions in
tr easure.
A sandhill crane belonging to an ex-
Mayor of 1uscola, ILL.,, is said to give
about twenty-four hours notice of ap-
preaching storms by shrill calls that can
be heard in all parts Of the town.
A woman in Coweta County, Ca,
picked cabbage out of her garden the
other day, and upon slicing it prepara-
tory to cooking, found q birds egg en-
bedded in the vegetable. Some bird had
made nest in the cabbage.
There are now in the mission field
2,4OO unmarried ladies, besides probably
an equal number of the married. In the
early days of missions it was not thought
a lady could enter the ranks of mission
workers except as the wife of q mission
ary.
A tree called the umbrella tree of
Japan, now growing in yard at Talla-
hassee, Fla, though only three years old,
has leaves on it that measures twenty-one
inches by sixteen. 1t is umbrella shaped,
and makes shelter that is impervious to
sunshine or rain.
There are now upon the Upper Congo,
Africa, seven steamers, four owned by
the Free State, one by France and two
by missionary societies. The feet will
soon be doubled by the addition of
another Free State steamer, one by
Bishop Taylor's mission and those belong
ing to the Compagnie Beige du Congo
and the American, Dutch and French
trading companies.
A curious result of the placing of elec-
trio lights in front of the Treasury and
other public buildings at Washington has
been an extraordinary combination L
spiders webs. The spiders have discor.
cred that file moths, etc., are attracted
by the light, and hence their webs are in
some parts so thick that parts of the
architectural ornamentation are nQ5pnger
visible.
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Banana Liquor.

The Mdian Agricultuist calls attention
to the fact that India abounds in bananas
or pl ntains, and wonders that the fruit
has never been employed in the distilla-
tion of fcrmented liquor. The common
prickly pear has been utilized for this
purpose in Malaga, and with consider
able advantage to the distillers; and it
now appears that missionaries in the
Congo region have discovered that
beverage made of bananas is a preventive
of malarial fevers. A banana liquor com
pany has recently been started in India
for producing banana liquor in either an
alcoholic or non-alcoholic form, and
which can be used with equal advantage
as an ordinary liquor or diluted with hot
or cold soda water.
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DELICIOUS READING.
"He Careth for Tou.n


How strong and sweet my Fathers carel
The word, like music in the air,
Comes answering to my whispered prayer,
"He cares for thee. "
The thought great wonder with it brings,
My cares are all such little things;
But to the truth my glad faith clings,
He cares for me.
Yet keep me ever in Thy love,
Dear Father, watching from above,
And let me still Thy mercy prove
And care for me.
Cast me not Off for all my sin,
But make me pure and true within,
And teach me how Thy smile to win
Who carest for me.
Oh, still in summers golden glow,
Or wintry storms of wind and snow,
Love me, my Father; let me know
Thy care for me!
And will learn to cast the care
Which, like a heavy load. bear
Down at Thy feet in lowly prayer,
And trust in Thee.
For naught can hurt me, shade or shine,
Nor evil thing touch me or mine,
Siuce Thou, with tenderness divine,
Dost care for me.
-[Marianne birmingham.
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Salt Water Bathing.

Sea bathing should be INDUCED IN
with caution when the sun is bright and
hot. At large majority of resorts the
water temperature is many degrees Pc
low the normal heat of the human Dody,
and where all parts except the head are
subjected to lcsscncd heat, ana tnat IS
cynosed to the sun, there is danger OF
cerebral congestion, which may stop at a
splitting headache or go on to an attack
Of apoplcxy. Rathing should be done
early in the morning, after cup OF
coffee. or just before bedtime, the latter
preferably. v.-American Magazine.
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Now, Not Tomorrow.

In one of the meetings held in Edinburgh.
by Mr.. Moody, was miner in his working
clothes, sitting near the front, very attentive
and impressed. At the close of the meeting
he rose to 60 away; but after walking down
the passage, he turned and sat down again.
His friend came up to him and said, "Come
AVA hame, John" "No," said he, II came
here to get good, and I hayena' t, taken
it a i'll yet" So he waited. There
was more prayer and another hymn,
and special conversation with himself. His
heart was touched and changed; with his
hard, rough grip, he shook the minister's
hand, and said, ~ have wondered if this
might be true; I now believe it. 1t has
brought peace to my soul. l know and trust
my Saviour" On the next day, while work
ing, a mass of coal or rock fell on him. The
injuries were fatal. Death was close at hand.
A fellow workman approached him. "Bend
down your ear to me,h said the dying man;
and then he added, "Oh, Andrew, Pm thank.
full settled it last night"
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! d ans Preserving Their Traditions

Judge J. D. Walker, OF FLORENCE, All,
zona, says that the Pima Indians select
several promising youths of their tribe
from time to time for repositories of their
traditions, and they are carefully in
structcd in the historical legions per-
tanning to their tribe, being required to
commit them faithfully to memory.
They in turn instruct their successors,
and thus preserve the traditions in the
exact language recited by their ancestors
of many years ago. They have knowl-
edge of the tribe that built the old Casa
Gronde and other vast buildings, whose
ruips now excite such curiosity.
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TEMPERANCE.
The Dcunkard.

The Drunkard-
What object is this lying stretched on the
road!
Can this be man in the image Of Godi
A man highly gifted; pride, honor and
power.
To will and to reason his God.given dow'r9
But mark how he's fallen, the victim of lust,
His pride and his reason alike in the dust.
The front of his waistcoat's all glossy with
dirt,
And horrible vermin crawl over his shirt;
In rags and in tatters his trousers remain
Patched over and over again and again.
In tatters the jacket still clings to his back,
And gray is the hair which once was jet
black
His shoes, string'ess and shabby, gaping with
many n rent,
The soleS and the uppcrs OH parting are bent,
Aud his stockinglrss feet are plainly seen,
Protruding from where the uppers have
been.
Brmlc,s the hat which he wears on his head,
He's being to whom all decency's dead.
He'd barter his soul for the means to get
drink;
H is what he seems, travelling sink.
His features are blotched, weather-beaten and
scarr'd
For the best of his life he has fought and
drank hard,
And he seems an old man; though he barely
has passed
The spring time of life, he is dl fitting fast
A-down lifeS stream, a wretchcd worn-out
man.
Yet he will struggle and strive and plan
Strong drink to obtain, to tighten his care
And to brighten the darkness of his despair.
Yet twas not always thus with him I ween;
His soul once knew q sunny spot of green,
Ere broken hopes and aspirations hlighted,
And fond, deep love and passion slighted,
Threw him from his pedestal of self-respect,
Desperate, despairing, ruined and wrecked.
Yet he once was O handsome, dark-haired
boy,
a proud fathers pride, fond mothers joy,
And he grew up to manhood, manly and
brave,
And no one dream'd he would eer become
slave
To the terrible demon, the enslaver of men,
Who'd ensulf the whole world in his slimy
den;
But he was tempted! he fell, as thousands
will fall,
And the denon with glee will fetter them all.
Slowly he sani., Ever and lower each day,
In the pride of his youth to the demon q
prey,
Constantly drinking, drunkard at last.
The respect of the worlds but q dream Of
the past;
Strong drink to obtain he'd play ev'ry craft;
He'd barter his soul for the soulscathing
draught,
The draught of soul poison-manhood's night
To blight, and to wither, to curse and de-
To shrivel the talents and genius drag down,
And bring to one level the peer and the
clown.
Joseph Maize, in Labor Tribune.
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SWe(len's Coast.

A number of barren gray boulders
formed the first and rather disappointing
impression of Sweden. The next morn,
inc, for miles along the shore: these bald
granite islets, some small, some large,
Iic in serricd rows with deep water be-
tween them and the mainland-a con-
venicnt arrangement that should be ap.
prcciatcd by yachtsmen, since it affords
vessels of ordinary size an opportunity
for coasting agrccably in smaoth water,
even when the Kattegat or the Skagcr
Rack ontside are in a lnood severely ~.
pleasant. ~ C0rahiM
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"What Would We Do With Our
Grain ?"

~ am temperance man." said well-toda
farmer friendly discussing with the writer,
land teach my boy not to drink but am op-
posed to prohibition. Stop" said he, the
making of whiskey i'll our State and there
would be no market for corn; it would not be
five cents bushel." He failed to see that his
own temperance principles, if acted out by
everybody, would as etfectually destroy the
market for corn as the success of prohibition.
If no one drinks none will be sold, none will
be made, and if none is made no corn will be
used that way.
Strange as it may seem, this is quite an OBJ
lection; but am sure those who make it
have never seen how weak it is or they would
never repeat it.
/ have been at some trouble to look up the
statistics on the question.
According to the census of 1880 the value
of distilled spirits was 1910, T29. This at Sl.20
a gallon gives 0,607 gallons; estimating
three gallons to the gushel gives 15O, ,2O2
bushels of grain in distillation, which, at 40
cents per bushel, gives SG0, ,OS0.s0 The entire
product of the State is: Corn, G2, TAG, 429
bushels; rye, 156,4l9 bushels; total, 62,s02,-
S4S.
This at but 40 cents per bushel gives as the
value Of the entire crop OF corn and rye S25,-
16S, 1920.
Now, grant that the entire amount distilled
is lost for want of a market, how would the
account stand! The valne of the remainder
would be SIS, los, ,25S.40. This divided by the
whole amount of grain gives 800 cents as the
price per bushel, or loss Of one mill per
bushel.
Thus the man who has 100 bushels for sale
would lose 10 cents, the one with 500 would
lose 50 cents, while to lose 81 the farmer must
have 1000 bushels.
Think of the extreme covetousness Of
man who would rather have the greatest
curse known in our country forever fixed up
on the people than risk the loss Of 10 cents,
50 cents or perhaps dollar. But even this
would not be lost, for the grain sold to the
be of more value in the end. d. Floyd, in
Home Journal
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A Confidence Game.

First confidence man-"How did you
make it down in Kansas 2"
Second ditto-"I lost all the money
I took with me-"
First ditto How 2" Policeman
grab you 2" ,
. Second ditto-"No areal estate agent
got hold of e."-Dstroit Free Press.
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September.

Here's q lyric for September,
Best of all months to remember.
Month when summer breezes tell
What has happened wood and dell,
OF the Joy the year has brought
And the changes she has wrought.
She has turned the vertiure red;
In the blue sky overhead
She the harvest-moon has hung
Like a silver boat among
Shoals of stars,-bright jewels set
In the earth's blue coronet.
She has brought the orchards fruit
10 repay the robins flute
Which has gladdened half the year
With music liquid clear;
And she makes the meadow grass
Catch the sumbeams as they pass,
Till the autunm's floor is rolled
with fragrant cloth of gold:
-Frank Sherman, in st. Mcho'as
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Practical Prohibition.

Derry Township, Chester Co., Penn, has
no LIQUOR sold in it, and has the opposition
vested in the moral sense Of its citizens. One
good farmer, we'll known, especially shows
his faith through his works, and his constant
lahurs yield full crops, while his frugal wife
and active son and daughters make their
home attractive by various evidences of their
handwork Every home i'll the land CAN he
improved by Prohibition,-Safs Ballot.
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Thankful for Small FdyOrs.

"No, Algernon, 1 cannot marry you.
Papa VIII not allow it."
"Why not z"
Because he says you are an actor"
"Your father is much kinder than the
press. ~ Washington Critic.
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Ts Christ your one object? What are you

Is Christ your one object! What are you
living for? Can you say, The life It that IL l
live in the flesh, live by the faithof the Son
of God, who loved me and gave Himself tor
me-" Nothing less than this is worthy OF a
Christian young man; It is a poor, r miser-
able thing to be content with bel being sa saved foi
self pleasing and sclf-intcrest-to accept sal
vation as the fruit of Christ's toll and passion,
and then live at distance from Himself.
What should we think of boy who only
care, about the good things provided ny ms
fathers hand, and never sought his fathers
companyMyea, ea,np preferred the company of
strangers. We should justly dcspise him.
But how much more despicable is the Chris,
tian young man, who owes his present IT, and d
content to live at n cold distance from His
blessed bleSsed person, caring not for the fqrtheranee
Of His cause or tho promotion of His glory!
Let each reader slowly and thoughtfully Till
out the following sentence: For me II live
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wonder whether the subtle measuring Of
forces will ever com, to measuring the force
there would be III one beautiful woman whose
mind was as noble as her face was beautiful
who made mans passion for ner rush III
or" current with all the great aims of his
life-[George Eliot.
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sped by submarine telegraph. and all the
observatories were watching for that
new star. Oh, hearer; looking out through
the darkness of your SOUL canst thou
see a bright light bcaming on thee? "WhereT
you say, "Where2 How can find it," Look
along by the line of the cross of the Son of
God Do you not see it trembling with all
tenderness and beaming with all hope: 1t is
the Star of Bethlehem.
Deep horror then my vitals froze
Death struck, ceased the tide to stem,
When suddenly star arose
1t was the Star OF Bethlehem.
It is easier for you all to become Christians
than it is to stay away from Christ and heaven
When Mime. Sontag began her mucical career
she was Missed off the stage at Vienna by the
friends of her rival, Amelia Steininger, who
had already begun to decline through her
dissipation. Years passed on, and one Gay
Nine. Sontag, in her glory. was riding
through the streets of Berlin, when she saw
little child leading blind woman, anu she
said: "Come here, my little child, come here
Who is that you are leading by the hand"
And the little child replied: "That's my
mother: that's Amelia Steininger. She used
to be great singer, but she lost her voice,
and she cried so much about it that she lost
her eyesight." "Give my love to her." said
Nine. Sontag, land tell her an old acquaint-
ance will call on her this afternoon"
The next week in Berlin vast assemblage
gathered at benefit for that poor blind wo-
man. and it was said that Mime. Sontag sang
that night as she had never sung before. And
she took a skilled occulist who in vain tried
TO give eyesight to the poor blind woman
Until the day of Amelia Steininger's death
Mime. Sontag took care of her and her daugh-
ter after her That was what the queen of
song did for her enemy.
But, oh! hear more thrilling story still.
Blind immortal, poor and lost-thou who,
when the world and Christ were rivals for
comes now to give thee sight, to give thee a
home to give thee heaven. With more than
Sontag's generosity he comes now to meet
your need. With more than a Sontag's
music he comes to plead for thy deliverance.
The Columbus journal., 1887-09-28

expensive game, as c~anvasboc3 ducks,
grouse and % forth. the orders amount
10 large sums. L0gillard u Q hard Gus
TONER to SUIT, though, for while he does
not grumble ct the bills, he wants what
he orders ON the moment and viii not take
any excuses.
Bennett b probably the most extrava-
giant of all He has not been I'm New York
for some years now, but there Is NO reason
70 believe that he has grown any
economical since he went abroad, even
though his newspaper has lost 90 much in
circulation. His household wa run on
the most e~xtravagant scale In every re-
spect. He paid . man In n Of the oyster
saloons to remain up all night In readiness
to prepare oysters for him at any time he
MIGHT desire them. HIS orders to his
butchers exceeded In extravaganza those
Of ell the other nabobs, and $1,000 .
month went into the Golfers Of Kelly, the
butcher, from this source alone. His
servants lived on the fnt Of the land, for
his orders for supplies were on such q
grand scale that q large portion OF tho
food brought into the house had to be
thrown away daily. While his father,
who made the fortune his son attempted
to but could not dissipate, lived the scrv-
ants were held In somes sort OF check, but
even then they had q pleasant time of it.
Every morning this order came down for
the old mans breakfast, toast and tea.
These slices OF toast, stamped In artistic
shapes, aad q pot Of tea would be sent up
to him, while the ervants below dined on
porterhouse steak, lamb chops, broilcd
chicken and other choice viands. Wash
snGtQn Post.
The Columbus journal., 1887-09-28
A Remarkable Accident.

stalking about railroad accidents" re
marked an old railroad mnn in converse
ton about the Chatsworth horror, tint
most remarkable one I ever knew of-and
I've been running On the TO-: COW for
nearly thirty years-was IL .isas on
the Kansas Pacific, not far 4 {
Wallace, where o train of c. '.d.1S
the engine, were blown into ! os "
dry creek and never found. is. the
engine and some Of the cars nei>r we're.
The engineer and fireman were both lost.
The train was q freight, and that's why
there were no passengers to be killed. At
the time of the Tay bridge disaster 1 n
Scotland the train, which wGs L!own from
the bridge or went through the bridge.
whichever it was, was never found BE-
cause the water and mud We're deep and
swallowed up the engine, while the
coaches probably went out to sea with the
tide. But there was no tide in that Kan
sas dry branch. The quicksand just swal-
lowed everything. Chicago Tribune.